Protect Your Facebook Profile Picture

In a significant move, Facebook has unveiled new tools to protect its users from the threat of cyber crime. The new “ProfilePictureGuard” is a setting, which when enabled, makes it impossible for the users profilepicture to be downloaded or shared. In the updated app versions of Facebook, it would also not be possible to take screenshots of profilepictures.

In a significant move, Facebook today unveiled new tools to protect its users from the threat of cyber crime. The new "Profile Picture Guard" is a setting, which when enabled, makes it impossible for the users profile picture to be downloaded or shared. In the updated app versions of Facebook, it would also not be possible to take screenshots of profile pictures.As this feature makes an entry today, we at Social Surfing are proud to have worked with Facebook towards ensuring online safety in India, particularly for women. One of the recommendations we had given was that the sharing of profile pictures, makes women users feel uncomfortable and thus restricts their presence on social media. This feature ensures that women have an added sense of security, and can have a fun and safe social media experience.

As this feature makes an entry today, we at Social Surfing and Centre for Social Research, are proud to have worked with Facebook towards ensuring online safety in India, particularly for women. One of the recommendations we had given was that the sharing of profilepictures, makes women users feel uncomfortable and thus restricts their presence on social media. This feature ensures that women have an added sense of security, and can have a fun and safe social media experience.